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Case12
01-06-2019, 02:38 PM
To date, who has signed more things than any other ballplayers - reasonably famous?

Examples:
Peter Rose?
Hank Aaron?
Don Larsen?
Ted Williams?
....?

:-)

orioles70
01-06-2019, 02:40 PM
My guess is Bob Feller...heard several dealers back in the day call him "Dollar Bob"

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sycks22
01-06-2019, 04:19 PM
Feller, Doerr, Killebrew are probably the top 3. The last couple years of his life Musial signed everything put near his table.

Klrdds
01-06-2019, 04:43 PM
I'll add Brooks Robinson to the list
Joe Sewell could get an honorable mention .
These were all men who responded to mail requests as well as benefited from many appearances on the card show circuit .

itslarry
01-06-2019, 04:44 PM
For modern it has to be the great Henry Owens.

egri
01-06-2019, 04:50 PM
Joe Jackson :D.

My guess is Bobby Doerr, due to his long life, generous signing habits and demand. I was looking for his 1938 Goudey and 1939 Play Ball cards a while ago, and it was easier to find them signed than not.

Kco
01-06-2019, 08:13 PM
Pete Rose for sure hasn’t to be up there. Feller signed everything he ever saw.

commishbob
01-06-2019, 08:18 PM
I had a friend set up at a show way back in the day and he had a sign that said something like 'official baseballs NOT signed by Bob Feller available here'.

Aquarian Sports Cards
01-07-2019, 11:56 AM
I had a friend set up at a show way back in the day and he had a sign that said something like 'official baseballs NOT signed by Bob Feller available here'.

We joke that 8 x 10's of Feller and Rose that aren't signed are very valuable.

That being said Bobby Shantz is certainly doing his best to become king at 93
years old he's at EVERY show withing a hundred miles or so and usually signing for free. He's been doing this for years now.

tazdmb
01-07-2019, 01:44 PM
Active-I will go with Pat Neshek.

Jason19th
01-07-2019, 02:22 PM
There is a Cuban player named Pedro Formental who was a legend in Cuba in the 1950’s. He signature is by no means common today but the werid thing is that about half the time a photo or postcard of him shows up for sale it’s signed. The guy must have signed every image of him in Cuba

packs
01-07-2019, 04:00 PM
Nolan Ryan has probably signed everything he's ever appeared on.

Case12
01-07-2019, 04:36 PM
Nolan Ryan has probably signed everything he's ever appeared on.

+1

shelly
01-07-2019, 05:25 PM
Mays, Arron, and Feller

Yastrzemski Sports
01-07-2019, 06:58 PM
Rose, Feller, Doerr, Slaughter. Glavine and Sandberg closing in.

Don’t forget Mantle and Ruth. Both signed a ton.

mrmopar
01-07-2019, 09:37 PM
No mention of George Kell in the top 10 yet. It seems he was pretty gracious up to the end of his life signing and sending extras too.

mrmopar
01-07-2019, 09:39 PM
Frank Thomas "the original" seems to be another who is pretty common.

NiceDocter
01-07-2019, 10:24 PM
Back in the early 1980s Feller would actually buy a $35 dollar table at the local shows in Cleveland and sign anything for about $10 as I recall with any inscription you wanted. He was a nice guy but we joked "Cleveland All star game scorecards for sale, $5 each or $4 autographed by Feller....."

itslarry
01-08-2019, 06:21 AM
Has anyone bought a Pete Rose blaster?

Case12
01-08-2019, 07:50 AM
Rose, Feller, Doerr, Slaughter. Glavine and Sandberg closing in.

Don’t forget Mantle and Ruth. Both signed a ton.

You may the right.....Ruth signed everything that moved too. His off season barnstorming tours signings would probably be similar to card show signings today. And he signed for free. Part of Christy Walsh marketing of the Babe.

Case12
01-08-2019, 07:57 AM
[QUOTE=Yastrzemski Sports;1843452]Rose, Feller, Doerr, Slaughter. Glavine and Sandberg closing in.

Don’t forget Mantle and Ruth. Both signed a ton.[/QUOT

Bigdaddy
01-08-2019, 11:14 AM
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